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(Reuters) – Primoz Roglic tightened his grip on the Tour de France’s overall lead as he dropped defending champion Egan Bernal in the final ascent of a gruelling 13th stage in the Massif Central yesterday
Colombian Dani Martinez prevailed from the breakaway at the end of a punishing 191.5-km trek from Chatel-Guyon before the big guns battled it out in the finale of the short
could not sustain the pace when Tadej Pogacar accelerated
with fellow Slovenian Roglic the only rider able to follow
The duo crossed the line 38 seconds ahead of a grimacing Bernal
who slipped to third in the general classification
the most aggressive of the main contenders who was already the best man in the Pyrenees last weekend
there is still a lot of things that can happen
a lot of riders are still in the mix,” said Roglic
Eight riders are still within two minutes but Roglic has been the most impressive
never losing his cool despite Pogacar’s repeated onslaughts
“I don’t want to bother looking at names and comparing myself with others
I’ll continue to focus on myself,” said Vuelta champion Roglic
Bernal saw Roglic and Pogacar fade in the distance as his face turned into a mask of pain in the last two kilometres of the ascent to the Puy Mary
The Colombian collapsed on his bike after the finish
Bernal will now have to throw everything in the biggest battle of this year’s Tour
which finishes in Meribel 2,304 metres above sea level atop the Col de la Loze
an unforgiving 21.5-km climb at an average gradient of 7.8%
Friday’s stage signalled the end of French hopes as Romain Bardet
who started the day in fourth place overall 30 seconds off the pace
ended up 2:30 behind Roglic and had to pull out after the 2016 runner-up took a heavy tumble earlier
The AG2R-La Mondiale rider crashed on a descent and quickly got back on his bike
but had to sit down again because of a bout of dizziness
Bardet’s AG2R La Mondiale team later said that the Frenchman had to pull out of the race after suffering a concussion
cracked in the penultimate climb and crossed the line 2:46 after Roglic
who featured among the dark horses before the start in Nice after winning the Criterium du Dauphine but lost all hopes in the first week
outsprinted Lennard Kamna for the stage win
Kamna’s Bora-Hansgrohe team mate and fellow German Maximilian Schachmann took third place
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With seven categorised climbs and a long climb to the finish
Stage 13 of the Tour de France 2020 is likely to be an explosive one
On the road from Châtel-Guyon to Puy Mary
the peloton will have to take on 191km of climbing in the Massif Central mountain range
with seven categorised climbs on the road and 4,400 metres of climbing.
with the first 10km the only real flat section before the road ramps up in some uncategorised lumps.
Riders will then hit the first notable climb after just 25km
the first category Col de Ceysatt (10.2km at 6.1 per cent).
That climb is followed by two slightly easier climbs in quick succession
the Col de Guéry (7.8km at five per cent) and then the Montée de La Stèle (6.8km at 5.7 per cent)
which start at 55km and 78km respectively.
The peloton then get a chance to recover on the long descent from La Stèle
but at the foot of the climb its straight into the sharp end with four climbs in quick succession in the final 60km of the stage.
First it’s the Côte de l’Estiade (3.7km at 6.9 per cent) which starts at 126km
then after an uncategorised climb it’s onto the Côte d’Anglards-de-Salers (3.5km at 6.9 per cent).
After that climb comes the most decisive moment of the race - the final two climbs with around 30km left of the stage
The penultimate climb is the second category Col de Neronne
which is 3.8km-long with a savage 9.1 per cent average gradient
On Strava
the segment for this climb covers 8.73km with a three per cent average.
The current fastest rider on Strava is Thibaut Pinot
who crested the climb in 14.56 on stage five of the 2016 Tour de France
when the climb featured in the final 50km.
was won by Greg Van Avermaet from a breakaway.
Then it’s onto the final climb for the 2020 Tour riders
Puy Mary Pas de Peyrol which is a brutal 5.4km-long climb with an 8.1 per cent average
It was last included in the Tour in that 2016 edition
which is when Sunweb’s Wilco Kelderman set a new fastest Strava time.
with an average power of 415 watts to hold 22km/h for the duration.
But as Puy Mary wasn’t the finishing climb in the 2016 Tour
we can expect some new rapid times up the final climb of stage 13 in the 2020 Tour.
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